Vegetables and other agricultural products are on display in a hall for the Standing Rock Fair. At the back of the room, textiles hang from a rope stretched across the room. Posters and other items also hang from the walls.

A crowd has gathered to watch Indian dancers performing outside the Hoakanson and Turner store at the Standing Rock Agency. Some people are standing, and many others are watching from horseback or from within automobiles. The Indian dancers are...

The Standing Rock Indian Band stands with their instruments outside a building. A sign hangs on the building that advertises moving pictures tonight at 7:30. A small child with a doll is seated in the front row with some of the band members.

The men of the police force of the Standing Rock Agency stand for inspection with their rifles and saddles. All wear their uniforms and stand outside a long, low building. Other buildings are visible in the background.

Quilts hang on the walls as part of the displays at the Mid-Winter Fair and Corn Show, held March 18 and 19, 1931 at the Standing Rock Agency in Fort Yates. Men and women sit under the quilts and look at the camera.

Mrs. Charging Thunder stands with a dog that has a travois attached to it on the grounds of the school of the Standing Rock Agency in Fort Yates, N.D. Other people, and carts and horses are visible in the background, as is the school building.

The Weston steamboat and the Deapolis are at the Bismarck landing. Planks are laid from the Weston to the shore to walk on, the boat has freight aboard, and men seem to be posing for the camera. Four men are on the boat, and two are standing on...

T.H.H. Thoresten (middle, standing) poses for a photograph with members of the Gorder family in Brooke, Dunn County, N.D. at the home of Martin Gorder. Standing, left to right are Martin Gorder, T.H.H. Thoresen, and an unidentified man. In the...

A man stands holding up corn stalks at the Standing Rock Fair. An arrangement of other vegetables for exhibition, including pumpkins, squash, onions, and cabbages are on the ground and table before him. A child is also visible in the photograph.

Produce and handicrafts are on display in the exhibit hall at the Standing Rock Fair in Fort Yates, N.D. Corn, squash, and beaded items rest on table tops, and quilts, including star quilts are displayed from the rafters.

Men ride ponies around a dirt track while a crowd watches from the grandstands and men judge the race from a small observation tower. In the background, the buildings of the Standing Rock Agency and a water tower are visible.

Dedication of monument Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota. Sitting Bull, stands to left of monument; James McLaughlin, Agent Standing Rock Reservation, in hat and coat, is to right of monument, Joe Primeau leans on post.

Students from the No. 2 day school on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation stand and sit for a group portrait outside the schoolyard. Some of the girls hold puppies on their laps. Carts and horses are visible in the background.

A variety of prize-winning vegetables raised on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation are displayed on a table. Cauliflower, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, and carrots are some of the identifiable vegetables. A backdrop painted with tipis is visible...

Seven boys, some on horseback and some standing in wagons pose with horses in high water of the Missouri River. Another horse, unattached to the wagons, is following behind, and the water reaches up to its neck. Trees bare of leaves are visible...

Maggie Standing Soldier and her niece Josephine Dunn sit posed for a portrait. Both wear elaborate beaded dresses, jewelry, and moccasins. Other examples of beaded items are also visible in the photograph.

Jerome Standing Soldier stands posed for a portrait. He is dressed as an Indian cowboy. He wears a neckerchief, a fringed shirt, and trousers embroidered with American flags. He holds a rifle in one hand, and a cowboy hat in the other. He...

Harry Graybear and Maggie Standing Soldier pose in their wedding finery with family members and friends at their wedding in Fort Yates, N.D. Many small girls in hats and dresses also stand for the portrait.

Weasel Bear poses behind his vegetable exhibit at the Standing Rock Agency Fair. In the early 20th century, reservation agents hosted "Indian Fairs" that combined traditional aspects of Native American culture but also demonstrated the "progress"...